Title

The audit system must take appropriate action when there are disk errors on the audit storage volume. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Taking appropriate action in case of disk errors will minimize the possibility of losing audit records.

Check Content

Inspect "/etc/audit/auditd.conf" and locate the following line to determine if the system is configured to take appropriate action when disk errors occur: # grep disk_error_action /etc/audit/auditd.conf disk_error_action = [ACTION] If the system is configured to "suspend" when disk errors occur or "ignore" them, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Edit the file "/etc/audit/auditd.conf". Modify the following line, substituting [ACTION] appropriately: disk_error_action = [ACTION] Possible values for [ACTION] are described in the "auditd.conf" man page. These include: "ignore" "syslog" "exec" "suspend" "single" "halt" Set this to "syslog", "exec", "single", or "halt".

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-218094r603264_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-218094

Group Title: SRG-OS-000047

Expert Comments

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